as in depends
to place reliance or trust
rigorously tested the rope before starting out, for the rock climbers would be relying on it with their very lives
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Recent Examples of relies
Instead, Ascend Money’s lending service, Ascend Nano, relies on data from the company’s digital wallet, a service used to store and transact money, and make payments.
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Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2026
Jaffery said that the Latino population relies heavily on corn masa products in their daily diet rather than flour and other grain products that are enriched with folic acid.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
january 12, Sacbee.com, 12 Jan. 2026
Nikola Tesla’s bladeless turbine design relies on viscous drag rather than traditional blades to generate rotational motion.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 12 Jan. 2026
Instead the system relies on licensed agents to broker the deals and take a commission.
—The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 12 Jan. 2026
The lightweight cream relies on tara seed extract, which is clinically shown to improve moisture retention, along with shea butter and mango butter to soften and smooth without feeling heavy.
—Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 12 Jan. 2026
Bechard confronts a wide variety of skill sets in his defensive assignments but relies on certain fundamentals in every matchup.
—Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026
Worse yet, adopting a rule that asks an officer to explain his motivation is just a formula to solicit perjury—a rule that relies on subjective intent would give any officer an incentive to shade the truth and embellish on his thought process.
—Paul Rosenzweig, The Atlantic, 12 Jan. 2026
America’s strength relies on a robust humanitarian response to suffering around the globe.
—William Lambers, Sun Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for relies
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Nvidia, for example, depends on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co to fabricate its designs.—
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Insurance expert Karl Susman said the cost of earthquake insurance depends on multiple factors, including the home itself, when it was built, where it's located, and whether it's bolted.—
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Without explicit training, civil servants risk assuming that a system that writes like an expert also counts like one.—
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Kaling was styled by Erin Walsh, who also counts Selena Gomez and Anne Hathaway as clients.—
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“Relies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relies. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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